Why you don’t want to enroll through the official Medicare website The official Medicare website is a great resource for people entitled to Medicare.  You can learn what Medicare covers, download government publications and file a complaint. You can even enroll in a Medicare Advantage or Part D plan.  But should you? We’ll take a look at best practices when ...

Changing Medicare plans isn’t difficult Each year the hype surrounding the Medicare Open Enrollment Period for Medicare Advantage and Part D seems to get amplified. Your mail box is full of solicitations, it seems like most TV commercials are about changing Medicare plans and your favorite retail stores are staffed with desperate looking insurance agents just looking for an opportunity ...

Follow these steps to find Medicare Advantage programs on the medicare.gov website Each year some Medicare Advantage programs are added, changed or omitted from services areas across the Country. If you want to find information about available Medicare Advantage plans you should go to the source and visit the medicare.gov website. That sounds easy enough but navigating the Medicare website ...

Locate available Medicare Advantage Plans at medicare.gov The Annual Enrollment Period  for Medicare Advantage Plans with a January effective date begins October 15th and ends December 7th. Plans for the following year are posted on medicare.gov on October 1st each year. This is the same time that insurance companies can begin marketing the next years plans. If you are new ...